At the end of the show, HMM-163 came back to Miramar from their ship.

At the end of the show, HMM-163 came back to Miramar from their ship.

Wtih doors removed, the code number had to be read from the nose. It was YP-31.

Complete code was YP-32.

Shot from Tierrasanta suburb, south of Miramar during the display.

Unknown photographer. On back of photo, 147779 Douglas A-4C USMC VMA-224 Iwakuni. The stripes on the rudder are green. 1961 VMA-223. 1961 H&MS-12. 1961-62 VMA-332. 1962-63 VMA-224 as WK-6. 1963-64 VMA-242. 1964-65 VMA-225 as CE-6. 1965 VMA-224. 1966 VA-93 as NG-302. 1966-67 VA-94 as NF-413. 1967 VSF-1. 1968-69 VA-112. 1969-70 VMAT-102. 1970-71 VC-5 as UE-29. 1971-75 VMA-131. Seen at Memphis NATTC Oct 21,1975. To storage at MASDC Davis-Monthan, AZ in 22 Nov 1975. In Dec 1980 to the Singapore Air Force as an A-4S serial 927. WFU by late Dec 2012. Also in this picture an A-4C probably 148465 code WK-22, a T-6 and what looks like a JASDF T-33.

w/o 11 Dec 2006; The helicopter experienced a "brownout" (loss of visibility due to dust/sand) and was severely damaged when it rolled onto its side during a landing in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

w/o 01sep12